Double Trouble Blues Sessions
Women’s Blues Festival - A Jam Packed Day
Perseverance (Fitzroy, VIC)
Monday, 10 March 2025 2:00 pm
Headlining is Hussy Hicks (quartet) & Minnie Marks special solo feature set + Kaliopi & The Blues Messengers (quintet) + Stella Anning (trio) & Steph Fischer-Ivanscy's set culminating to an all-in super jam. Oz Blues & Roots to World Class Acts - Celebrating International Women’s Day on Labor Day. Presented by Double Trouble Blues Sessions - Showcasing National Icons & Unearthing National Treasures to raise the profile and celebrate women in blues music from local, national and international success on Wurundjeri-Willam peoples land of the Kulin Nation. (Tix from $30/min 10 tickets, $40/min 5 tickets, $50 GA or $65 includes VIP Afterparty)
- HUSSY HICKS (QUARTET): Critically acclaimed Australian act, Hussy Hicks are a tour de force featuring Leesa Gentz’ powerhouse soul vocals and Julz Parker’s revered guitar skills. Prolific and accomplished musicians, Hussy Hicks have honed their sonic dexterity over the past 12 years with five studio albums, multiple industry awards and more than 1,000 live shows under their belts, from Australia’s biggest blues, roots and folk festivals to 15 plus international tours, which now sell out across Europe.
- MINNIE MARKS : Relentlessly gigging across the globe, equipped with an old Goldtop in her hands and a revolutionary Farmer Foot Drum at her feet; Marks consistently pushes musical limits with her mind-blowing, dynamic guitar wizardry and her insanely powerful voice, that roars out her truth through song as if her own life depended on it.
- KALIOPI & THE BLUES MESSENGERS (QUINTET): Drawing from the rich Delta blues tradition of powerful blueswomen with Chicago guitar pioneer influences, “Kaliopi sings with passion as she howls and moans as she plays some sizzling guitar” Blues Blast Magazine Senior writer Steve Jones, president of the Crossroads Blues Society USA. Finalists in Melbourne Blues Appreciation Societies Annual Blues Challenge & Awarded VICTAS 'Emerging Artist' for their current second album, "The Devil's Voodoo Curse”
- STELLA ANNING (Trio): Launching her 3rd Album in 2024, Stella performed at Bluesfest with Women of Soul. She has also performed with Guy Sebastian, C.W. Stoneking, Sarah Blasko, and Clare Bowditch, to name a few.
-STEPH FISCHER-IVANSCY - Blues Guitar legend and Saltry Vocalist graces solo with stomp, slide, fingerpicking delta & Bluegrass RUNNING
- HUSSY HICKS (QUARTET): Critically acclaimed Australian act, Hussy Hicks are a tour de force featuring Leesa Gentz’ powerhouse soul vocals and Julz Parker’s revered guitar skills. Prolific and accomplished musicians, Hussy Hicks have honed their sonic dexterity over the past 12 years with five studio albums, multiple industry awards and more than 1,000 live shows under their belts, from Australia’s biggest blues, roots and folk festivals to 15 plus international tours, which now sell out across Europe.
- MINNIE MARKS : Relentlessly gigging across the globe, equipped with an old Goldtop in her hands and a revolutionary Farmer Foot Drum at her feet; Marks consistently pushes musical limits with her mind-blowing, dynamic guitar wizardry and her insanely powerful voice, that roars out her truth through song as if her own life depended on it.
- KALIOPI & THE BLUES MESSENGERS (QUINTET): Drawing from the rich Delta blues tradition of powerful blueswomen with Chicago guitar pioneer influences, “Kaliopi sings with passion as she howls and moans as she plays some sizzling guitar” Blues Blast Magazine Senior writer Steve Jones, president of the Crossroads Blues Society USA. Finalists in Melbourne Blues Appreciation Societies Annual Blues Challenge & Awarded VICTAS 'Emerging Artist' for their current second album, "The Devil's Voodoo Curse”
- STELLA ANNING (Trio): Launching her 3rd Album in 2024, Stella performed at Bluesfest with Women of Soul. She has also performed with Guy Sebastian, C.W. Stoneking, Sarah Blasko, and Clare Bowditch, to name a few.
-STEPH FISCHER-IVANSCY - Blues Guitar legend and Saltry Vocalist graces solo with stomp, slide, fingerpicking delta & Bluegrass
- 2.30 pm DEPUTY MAYOR Cr SARAH MCKENZIE OPENING & INTRODUCING BLUES MUSIC VICTORIA VICE PRESIDENT TO MC THE FESTIVAL, BARRY MAXWELL
- 3.PM - STELLA ANNING TRIO
- 4 PM - STEPHANIE FISCHER-IVANSCY
- 5 PM - KALIOPI & THE BLUES MESSENGERS
- 6 PM - MINNIE MARKS
- 7 PM - HUSSY HICKS
- 8 PM SUPERJAM
- 8.30 PM VIP AFTERPARTY